Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-08
SURPRISED lie SHOES.
The Way in which San Francisco Mill
Iionaire's Wife vanqnished Them.

A few days ago a lady from San Fran
cisco who had a very solid bank account
went to Lake Tahoe on pleasure trip
with her daughter. She concluded that
she would have q good time, and accord
ingly took along some plain, serviceable
clothes and no jcwelry. When she struck
one of the fashionable resorts she found
herself in the midst Of n lot of people max
ing a vulgar display of clothes and dia-
monds and every time she turned around
she was the subject of the most unmerciful
snubbing She was put off in an obscure
corner to cat, and not one of the fashion
able guests condescended to show her the
slightest ciyility The lady bit her lips
for few days; took in the situation-and,
with true feminine instinct, decided on re-
venge. She dropped a line below, and
presently there were deposited at the hotel
twelve Saratoga trunks waybillcd to her
address She and her daughter retired to
their rooms and that evening came down
to the dining room in a blaze of lace and
diamonds that took eyerybody's breath
away. No such gorgeous or tasty toll
cts had ever bewildered the guests at that
hotel before IL blinded the eye to look at
the pair as they quietly entered the room.
Yhe steward, after recovering his poise,
rushed forward and pulled out two chairs
from the most fashionable table in the
hotel. She shook her head and replied:
1.-The old table will do,' and went TO the
obscure corner where she had eaten all
the time.
The utmost CONSERVATION spread about
the dining room, and the low hum of
voices rose to n fashionable buzz as they
warmly discussed the situation. Wasn't
it awfulg They had been snubbing
woman and her daughter all the week who
could outdress them ALL In the evening
they attempted TO hedge, but couldn't TO
any considerable extent. The dudes tried
to shine up to the girl, but she wouldnt
have it, and those who tried to scrape an
acquaintance with the mother found it like
trying to run a tunnel into an iceberg.
For a while she flashed like n comet
through that hotel into n constant change
of ravishing toilets, each more costly and
bewildering than the others, until, like the
kings who predestrianized in Macbeth, "
they threatened to stretch out till the
crack of doom.
At the end of the week it was learned
from the chambermaid that she had only
gone through half of her immense Sara
togas. There were several women there
who had displayed at least n dozen differ
ent toilets, and they felt that they would
just die if she beat their record. But she
kept right on, and when she was three
ahead of their score they packed up and
left. One by one she vanquished the
leaders and the rank and file capitulated,
displaying the rarest generalship imagin-
able. If Mrs. - appeared in any special
color to make spread in the morning, she
adopted that color at once, only in dress
that eclipsed the others rs the sun out
shines the dog star.
She was the absolute John Sullivan of
the toilet ring and knocked out all who
had the temeFity to stand before her. The
last of her opponents was red faced vul-
carly dressed woman from San Francisco,
whose flashy toilets had attracted general
attention and admiration from persons ig-
norant of harmony and color. Whatever
dress this woman donned in the morning
the fashionable Nemesis was on her trail
with color that literally killed the other.
The heretofore cock of the walk was un
able to stand her defeat, and, packing her
trunks, started for home.
The army of snobs was routed, and one
by one dropped out of sight They just
settled up and quit. Then the quiet little
lady resumed her plain clothes, put on an
old straw hat with her daughter and went
fishing. AS the last gang left, she abso-
lutely had the GOODNESS to be down at the
wharf fishing in an old calico dress, cot
ton gloves and straw hat.
The landlord considered that she liter
ally cleaned his place out, and she thinks
she had an awful lot of fun.-Carson
Nev) Appeal.